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Wednesday, 4 January 2017

Day 4 - Tah dah!!!

So, during my casting session yesterday, I used the odd 10-15 minutes here and there to press on with my little French house to go in La Mignonette.For lo.... it's finally almost finished!

I can't believe it's taken me nearly 4 years, since buying the kit to getting round to actually putting it together. It's been a challenge, as any 1/144th project would probably be, but I've really enjoyed it, and am very pleased with the results so far. It should go beautifully in my shop of dolls.I still have to install the lighting, which will be even more of a challenge. I toyed with the idea of putting it in before decorating but decided that would be more problematic than doing it afterwards. I have some very, very tiny led light chips which will run from a button cell battery which I'll hide under the table. I'll have to drill three tiny holes through the back to slip the wires through, and I still have to think about what to do for lampshades, which will also have to be similarly tiny. I'll have a rummage through my box of 'findings' tomorrow to see if anything suitable presents itself.I also want to furnish it, probably in a rather grand, French style. So I'm hunting for some 1/144th laser cut kits which I could alter to suit. With regard to the rooms, at the moment I'm thinking of having a salon on the ground floor, dining room on the first floor, and bedroom on the second floor, although that might change if I find some wonderfully perfect, must-have furniture or accessories.

Tomorrow I'm minded to give an overview of the first stages of porcelain dollmaking.... the casting process. 🙂

I LOVE your little French house and I think that your plans to add lights will make it even More Adorable than it already is.Although, any project this tiny I would find daunting to do, I still find interesting to view, especially since you plan to put it in your toy shop along with your tiny dolls. I am forwarding a link for laser cut 1/4 scale dollhouse furniture kits by Jean Day miniatures, which may or may not, prove helpful to you. :) http://members.shaw.ca/jdayminis/html/jean_day.htm

A charming and very well made little house!! GOod luck with the lights. Take plenty of photos as you go, because I hereby request a day or two of your posts be dedicated to how you do something soooo tiny!

Sandra, I wonder if paper furniture, etc would be the best option. Or maybe the cast metal pieces.For a lampshade you might consider a very light weight parchment.The pieces in the link are too large for 144 scale but might give you some interesting ideas: http://cynthiahoweminiatures.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=70&zenid=080371425b6f2c4b00b730084e7571dfI can't wait to see what you'll find for that gorgeous little house.